Every week we have some focus words that we have discussed in class.
Try to discuss these together and use them in your conversations during the week.
Focus words for the week beginning 9/11/09
billboarda large outdoor board for advertisements enhanceto change something to make it look better shafta deep narrow tunnel going deep into the ground in a mine tesselationa pattern made from shapes which all fit together with no gaps advertiseto announce to people
Focus words for the week beginning 2/11/09
depositto pay money into a bank withdrawalto take money out of a bank interestextra money paid when money is borrowed or lent generatora machine that makes electricity hydroelectricgenerating electricity by using water power
Focus words for the week beginning 12/10/09
applausewhen an audience claps performers responsibilitymaking sensible choices for yourself and others honestytruthfulness pridean emotion you feel when you have worked hard to achieve something special pridea group of lions is aprideof lions
Focus words for the week beginning 19/10/09
rookiea person who is new to an activity invincibleunable to be beaten immortalhaving magic power to live forever eddya small whirlpool or tornado furiousvery very angry
Spelling Focus Words
Every week we have some focus words that we have discussed in class.
Try to discuss these together and use them in your conversations during the week.
Focus words for the week beginning 9/11/09
billboard a large outdoor board for advertisementsenhance to change something to make it
look better
shaft a deep narrow tunnel going deep into the ground
in a mine
tesselation a pattern made from shapes which all fit
together with no gaps
advertise to announce to people
Focus words for the week beginning 2/11/09
deposit to pay money into a bankwithdrawal to take money out of a bank
interest extra money paid when money
is borrowed or lent
generator a machine that makes electricity
hydroelectric generating electricity by using
water power
Focus words for the week beginning 12/10/09
applause when an audience claps performersresponsibility making sensible choices for
yourself and others
honesty truthfulness
pride an emotion you feel when you have
worked hard to achieve something special
pride a group of lions is a pride of lions
Focus words for the week beginning 19/10/09
rookie a person who is new to an activityinvincible unable to be beaten
immortal having magic power to live forever
eddy a small whirlpool or tornado
furious very very angry